Asian Stock Markets Experience Collective Decline, with South Korea's Composite Index Falling Nearly 6%

BlockBeats News, June 26th, according to Bitget data, the Japanese and South Korean stock markets closed on Friday. The Nikkei 225 index fell by 3005.46 points, a decrease of 4.15%, to 69360.88 points. The South Korean KOSPI index dropped by 519.1 points, down 5.81%, to 8411.2 points, with a intraday plunge of nearly 9%; SK Hynix fell by over 8%, Samsung Electronics fell by over 5%.

In addition, the South Korean KOSPI index fell by 7.1% for the week, marking the largest weekly decline since early March.